Patents by Inventor Jeff Colvard

Jeff Colvard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Project resource qualification and keyword scoring
    Patent number: 8838585
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating determining and displaying search results and accompanying scores in an enterprise computing environment. The example method includes receiving a resource request that includes one or more search criteria. The one or more search criteria includes a specification of one or more keywords and one or more resource qualifications. The method further includes determining, based on the search criteria, a qualification score for each resource indicated in a database of resources; using the qualification score to determine search results responsive to the resource request; and displaying each search result proximate to a qualification score. In a specific embodiment, the method further includes calculating the qualification score by combining components of the qualification score according to an algorithm. The components of the qualification score include a competency component and a keyword component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Victoria Leslie, Jeff Colvard, Brian Cohen, Darryl Watson, Muljadi Sulistio, Tianyi Wang
  • PROJECT RESOURCE QUALIFICATION AND KEYWORD SCORING
    Publication number: 20130290312
    Abstract: A system and method for facilitating determining and displaying search results and accompanying scores in an enterprise computing environment. The example method includes receiving a resource request that includes one or more search criteria. The one or more search criteria includes a specification of one or more keywords and one or more resource qualifications. The method further includes determining, based on the search criteria, a qualification score for each resource indicated in a database of resources; using the qualification score to determine search results responsive to the resource request; and displaying each search result proximate to a qualification score. In a specific embodiment, the method further includes calculating the qualification score by combining components of the qualification score according to an algorithm. The components of the qualification score include a competency component and a keyword component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Victoria Leslie, Jeff Colvard, Brian Cohen, Darryl Watson, Muljadi Sulistio, Tianyi Wang